The Importance of Getting Help When You Need It We had a patient that had been wearing hearing aids for several years. They really hadn’t helped her enough for the last two years, but she had put off getting new hearing aids because she was getting by. Not hearing great, but hearing better than without her hearing aids. This February, she decided that it was finally time to replace her old hearing aids. I was happy that she was able to hear well and she was thrilled that she could hear so … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2021
Protecting Residual Hearing
If you have hearing loss, your remaining natural hearing, or residual hearing, refers to how well you can hear without the use of hearing aids. While you may feel like it doesn't matter now that you have hearing loss, it's actually in your best interest to try your hardest to protect your residual hearing throughout your lifetime - according to an article by Joy Victory in Healthy Hearing. Why is your residual hearing important? Why? Chiefly because hearing aids do not cure hearing … [Read more...]
What are Hearing Loss Symptoms?
Important information in this article in Healthy Hearing by Joy Victory about Hearing Loss Symptoms. The symptoms of hearing loss depend on the type of hearing loss you have—and the severity. A person with mild hearing loss in both ears, for example, experiences sound differently than a person with a profound hearing loss in just one ear. For adults with any kind of hearing loss, these are all good indicators that you may not be hearing as well as you used to. You may experience all or … [Read more...]
Does COVID-19 cause hearing loss?
Does COVID-19 cause hearing loss or tinnitus (noises in the ears)? As a Doctor of Audiology I make time to stay up to date on new and emerging data regarding COVID-19 and its effects on the auditory system. At the present moment, there is no formal data that suggests contracting COVID-19 leads to hearing loss or tinnitus. However, I have seen how tinnitus can be exacerbated by factors such as stress, lack of sleep, and unhealthy diet- all of which occurred during the pandemic. Did you … [Read more...]